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The Aeronauts

  • 20192019
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 40m
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Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Aeronauts (2019)
Pilot Amelia Wren (Felicity Jones) and scientist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a hot air balloon.
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A balloon pilot and a scientist find themselves in a fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon in the 1860s.A balloon pilot and a scientist find themselves in a fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon in the 1860s.A balloon pilot and a scientist find themselves in a fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon in the 1860s.
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    • Tom Harper
    • Richard Holmes(inspired by the book 'Falling Upwards' by)
    • Tom Harper(story by)
    • Jack Thorne(story by)
  • Stars
    • Felicity Jones
    • Eddie Redmayne
    • Himesh Patel
    • Tom Harper
    • Richard Holmes(inspired by the book 'Falling Upwards' by)
    • Tom Harper(story by)
    • Jack Thorne(story by)
  • Stars
    • Felicity Jones
    • Eddie Redmayne
    • Himesh Patel
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    • 443User reviews
    • 139Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
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    Felicity Jones
    Felicity Jones
    • Amelia Wren
    Eddie Redmayne
    Eddie Redmayne
    • James Glaisher
    Himesh Patel
    Himesh Patel
    • John Trew
    Vincent Perez
    Vincent Perez
    • Pierre Rennes
    Phoebe Fox
    Phoebe Fox
    • Antonia
    Lewin Lloyd
    Lewin Lloyd
    • Charlie
    Robert Glenister
    Robert Glenister
    • Ned Chambers
    Tim McInnerny
    Tim McInnerny
    • Airy
    Thomas Arnold
    Thomas Arnold
    • Charles Green
    Tom Courtenay
    Tom Courtenay
    • Arthur Glaisher
    Anne Reid
    Anne Reid
    • Ethel Glaisher
    Lisa Jackson
    • Poppy
    Rebecca Front
    Rebecca Front
    • Aunt Frances
    Elsa Alili
    Elsa Alili
    • Antonia's Daughter
    Connie Price
    • Antonia's Daughter
    Bella
    • Posey the Dog
    James Daniel Wilson
    James Daniel Wilson
    • Meteorologist
    • (voice)
    Rodrig Andrisan
    • Oxford Scientist
    • (uncredited)
      • Tom Harper
      • Richard Holmes(inspired by the book 'Falling Upwards' by)
      • Tom Harper(story by)
      • Jack Thorne(story by) (screenplay by)
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    • Trivia
      James Glaisher was a real English meteorologist who is remembered for his pioneering work as a balloonist. Between 1862 and 1866 he made numerous ascents to measure the temperature and humidity of the atmosphere at its highest levels. With his co-pilot aeronaut Henry Tracey Coxwell, they broke the world record for altitude on September 5, 1862. Coxwell is omitted from the film, and replaced with the fictional Amelia Wren. The Wren character draws some inspiration from various real women most significantly Sophie Blanchard, a French aeronaut who was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist between 1804 and her death in 1819.
    • Goofs
      Several characters seem to address the widowed Amelia as Miss Wren, which is her maiden name, instead of Mrs Rennes. However, since the French name Rennes is pronounced exactly the same as the English name Wren, they could very well be saying the correct name.
    • Quotes

      Amelia Wren: You don't change the world simply by looking at it, you change it through the way you choose to live in it.

    • Crazy credits
      During the opening credits, many of the Os in people's names slowly rise, as if symbolizing a balloon elevating.
    • Connections
      Featured in CTV News at 11:30 Toronto: Episode dated 8 September 2019 (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      The Aeronauts Waltz
      Written by Jack Arnold

      Performed by Warren Zielinski, Martyn Jackson, Robert Ames, David Cohen, Leon Bosch, Paul Edmund-Davies

      Courtesy of Amazon Content Services LLC

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    You don't change the world simply by looking at it, you change it through the way you choose to live in it.
    I watched this on Amazon Prime streaming. While it was inspired by a real person, James Glaisher who set the early groundwork for understanding and predicting weather, the story told here is a highly fictionalized account of his 1862 ascent by balloon to perhaps 36,000 feet.

    Felicity Jones as the fictional pilot and Eddie Redmayne as James Glaisher are both good. Being a scientist myself I was a bit put off by such things as climbing the exterior of the balloon at above 30,000 feet where the air temperature would be somewhere between -50 and -65F, and without gloves! What is depicted here is fantasy.

    But what about the good? The production values are high and the action interesting. Plus how many have even heard of Glaisher and his pioneering meteorological studies at a time when other British scientists laughed at him? He was a very important scientist in the history of weather forecasting and contributed to changing the world.

    So yeah, it has lots of things it can be legitimately criticized for but still it is an entertaining movie if you are in the right mood. I mostly enjoyed it.
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      • December 20, 2019 (United States)
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      • Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England, UK
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      • Amazon Studios
      • Mandeville Films
      • One Shoe Films
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
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